The Wholesome Story Of The Man Who Travelled From India To M’sia To Locate His Father’s Lost Grave
News of Thirumaran, an activist from Tamil Nadu who travelled to Malaysia in search for his father’s grave has tugged on netizens’ heartstrings, and apart from the successful rekindling, the full story leading up to it is just as soul-stirring.
When questioned about his early memories of his father, Thirumaran did not have much to share, noting that he actually has no memory of his father’s appearance.
His father, K Ramasundaram, once worked as a schoolteacher in Malaysia, and sadly passed away from pneumonia six months after his son was born in 1967. That same year, Thirumaran and his mother travelled back to Tamil Nadu.
Subsequently, she also passed away in 1987, when Thirumaran was 22.
He kept some “musty old letters” that his father had penned and that his mother had handed down over the years. According to her, Mr. Ramasundaram was a “wonderful…
